The Cambridge History of India, Vol. IV: The Mughul Period v4.c23.s4.135.4

v4.c23.s4.135.4

Few religious edifices convey to the beholder a finer sense of purity than this chapel royal, which, both on account of the flawless quality of its material, and the skilfully modulated disposition of its elements, represents the Mughul style at its zenith. The subordination and contrast of the entrance archways to the arcading of the sanctuary, the proportions and arrangement of the kiosks surmounting the cornices, and, notably, the subtle raising of the drum of the central dome in relation to those on each side, are a few only of the aspects of this structure which show in the most emphatic manner that the principles of balance and rhythm were by this time thoroughly appreciated by the Mughul builders.